Research Article

Will Automated Vehicles Negatively Impact Traffic Flow?

Table 3

Overview of simulated scenarios.

Scenario groupApplied scenario settings

(1) Share of ACCStatic settings for each scenario: onramp: 18%/trucks: 6%
ACC gap time settings: calibrated distribution (see Figure 3)
ACC reference scenarios: 2% (2015), 12% (2025), 28% (2030)
ACC scenarios: 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%

(2) OnrampStatic settings for each scenario: trucks: 6%
ACC gap time settings: calibrated distribution (see Figure 3)
ACC scenarios: 2%, 12%, 28%, 50%, 70%, 85%, 100%
For all combinations of onramp: 14%, 18%, 22%

(3) TruckStatic settings for each scenario: onramp: 18%
ACC gap time settings: calibrated distribution (see Figure 3)
ACC scenarios: 2%, 12%, 28%, 50%, 70%, 85%, 100%
For all combination of trucks: 2%, 6%, 10%

(4) ACC with higher gapsStatic settings for each scenario: onramp: 18%/trucks: 6%
ACC gap time settings: higher nominal distribution (see (4))
ACC reference scenarios: 2% (2015), 12% (2025), 28% (2030)
ACC scenarios: 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%